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Jeremiah 11:21

New American Bible - revised edition

Therefore, thus says the Lord concerning the men of Anathoth who seek your life and say, “Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord; otherwise you shall die by our hand.”

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Who say to the seers, “Do not see”; to the prophets, “Do not prophesy truth for us; speak smooth things to us, see visions that deceive!

The words of Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, one of the priests from Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin.

They will fight against you, but not prevail over you, for I am with you to deliver you—oracle of the Lord.

Yes, I hear the whisperings of many: “Terror on every side! Denounce! let us denounce him!” All those who were my friends are on the watch for any misstep of mine. “Perhaps he can be tricked; then we will prevail, and take our revenge on him.”

When Jeremiah finished speaking all that the Lord commanded him to speak to all the people, then the priests, the prophets, and all the people laid hold of him, crying, “You must die!

Hanamel, son of your uncle Shallum, will come to you with the offer: “Purchase my field in Anathoth, since you, as nearest relative, have the first right of purchase.”

These I will hand over to their enemies, to those who seek their lives: their corpses shall become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the field.

But you made the nazirites drink wine, and commanded the prophets, “Do not prophesy!”

For the son belittles his father, the daughter rises up against her mother, The daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law, and your enemies are members of your household.

Brother will hand over brother to death, and the father his child; children will rise up against parents and have them put to death.

But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned.

The rest laid hold of his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

And he said, “Amen, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own native place.




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